Author: Andrew McDiarmid
Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency.”
Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard
In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking.
A Philosopher Defends Intelligent Design
Peter S. Williams explains the deceptively simple test he uses to silence claims that intelligent design is not a scientific pursuit.
Sex: A Masterpiece of Design
“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place. And so you require multiple codependent sub-functions.”
Sex: Engineered for Success
Sexual reproduction depends on an irreducibly complex core of components for its success. Can we credit a gradual evolutionary process for this system?